The Prologue of John and the entire Gospel of John demonstrate that John “consciously utilized Isaiah as a source of language and ideology in his own effort to interpret the meaning of Jesus Christ in the Gospel which he produced.” (F.W. Young, “A Study of the Relation of Isaiah to the Fourth Gospel,” ZNW 46 (1955), 222).  The Prologue of John echoes the beginning verses of Isaiah, in which YHWH complains that his people whom he loved and cared for did not know him (Isaiah 1.2-3)  This thought is not only present in the Prologue of John but is emphasized by the repetition of verbs that have to do with knowing, recognition, seeing, believing, and receiving, e.g. “comprehend” (v 5), “know” (v 10), “receive” (vv 11, 12, 16), “believe” (v 12), “behold” (v 14), “see” (v 18), and “make known” (v 18).  These verbs all indicate that between God and people the relationship that was desired was personal, and meaningful, but was in most cases decidedly lacking. The Prologue and the entire Gospel of John also set forth Godʻs plan for solving the problem of this unsatisfactory relationship between God and people, following the book of Isaiah.